Did You Know?

Children and teens who have five or more dinners with their families each week are:
~At a 70% lower risk for substance abuse ~One third less likely to try alcohol ~50% less likely to try cigarettes or marijuana ~50% less likely to get drunk monthly

A day to eat dinner with your family in Burke County Host & Gold Sponsors:

Monday, Sept. 26, 2011

[Rain date is Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011.]

Enjoy a free meal & time with your family!***

4:00 to 7:00 PM at Catawba Meadows Park 701 Sanford Drive, Morganton

Silver Sponsors:
Scott W. Murphy, D.M.D., P.A. General Dentistry Mountain View Pediatrics Bayada Nurses Universal Mental Health Burke Hospice and Palliative Care Alexander Youth Network Juvenile Crime Prevention Council Focus Behavioral Health Services Burke County Health Department Barium Springs Home for Children Safe Schools/Healthy Students/Burke County Public Schools

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Special Thanks to the 2011 Planning Committee: Healthy Burke Youth Task Force A Caring Alternative Mental Health Partners Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Burke County Public Schools AccessCare Burke Council on Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency South Mountain Children and Family Services Burke County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council Youth Villages Family Infant Preschool Program